Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Alabama
Barbershops in the Montgomery, AL metro area
How the Montgomery, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #303 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 103
- 9 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $126.2M
- On personal care products and services · $833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 388,747
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Montgomery metro area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #303 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Montgomery metro area spend about $126.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $833 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Montgomery metro area has 103 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Montgomery metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 37,860 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Montgomery metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Montgomery metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Montgomery metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 37,860 | 36,314 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $833 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,010 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $353K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 303Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1039 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Montgomery metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Montgomery metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 388,747+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 151,438
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 142
- Median household income
- $64,010+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,716
- Median home value
- $191,900
- Jobs located here
- 168,224
- Daytime population
- 403,321Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 61 | 25 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +7.1% | #103 of 387 |
| 2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 61 | 56 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +14.8% | #107 of 387 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 56 | 148 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +12.5% | #145 of 387 |
| 4Tuscaloosa, AL | 41 | 59 | 5.6 | $1.5M | +2.9% | #276 of 387 |
| 5Birmingham, AL | 41 | 292 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +1.4% | #279 of 387 |
| 6Montgomery, AL | 37 | 103 | 6.8 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #303 of 387 |
| 7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 35 | 31 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +3.5% | #310 of 387 |
| 8Dothan, AL | 30 | 47 | 7.7 | $1M | +3.4% | #335 of 387 |
| 9Decatur, AL | 29 | 37 | 5.9 | $1.4M | +2.5% | #337 of 387 |
| 10Mobile, AL | 29 | 133 | 8.2 | $981K | −0.7% | #339 of 387 |
Other business types in the Montgomery metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas39
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons24
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Montgomery, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 103 barbershops in the Montgomery metro area. 9 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 303 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Montgomery, AL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $126.2M a year, or $833 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 151,438 households in the Montgomery metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Montgomery, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Montgomery metro area has 6.8 barbershops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Montgomery metro area would have about 67, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 37,860 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Montgomery, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Montgomery metro area at 388,747 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 151,438 households. The median household income in the Montgomery metro area is $64,010 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Montgomery metro area scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #303 of 387 scored metro areas.
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